{"id":185066,"date":"2021-02-21T19:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/space-station-launch-honors-hidden-figures-mathematician\/"},"modified":"2021-02-21T19:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T16:32:05","slug":"space-station-launch-honors-hidden-figures-mathematician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/space-station-launch-honors-hidden-figures-mathematician\/","title":{"rendered":"#Space station launch honors ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Space station launch honors ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n A goose is startled as Northup Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The rocket is delivering cargo to the International Space Station. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber)
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A space station supply ship named after the Black NASA mathematician featured in the movie “Hidden Figures” rocketed into orbit Saturday, the 59th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic launch.<\/p>\n


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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule\u2014dubbed the S.S. Katherine Johnson\u2014should reach the International Space Station on Monday following its launch from Virginia’s eastern shore.<\/p>\n

Johnson died almost exactly a year ago at age 101.<\/p>\n

“Mrs. Johnson was selected for her hand-written calculations that helped launch the first Americans into space, as well as her accomplishments in breaking glass ceiling after glass ceiling as a Black woman,” Frank DeMauro, a Northrop Grumman vice president, said on the eve of liftoff. “A homework assignment for all of you is to go watch that movie after the Cygnus launch.”<\/p>\n

Johnson’s numbers contributed to the Feb. 20, 1962, flight in which Glenn became the first American to orbit the world. The film, released in late 2016, depicted the effort put forth by Johnson and other Black women at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, during the early days of space exploration. Langley is 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the launch site at Wallops Island.<\/p>\n

Northrop Grumman launched the 4-ton shipment for NASA in the early afternoon from Wallops, where temperatures were just above freezing. The Antares rocket was visible from the Carolinas to Connecticut, at least where skies were clear.<\/p>\n